Papering apparatus.



0. 0. CAREY. PAPERING APPARATUS. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 10. 1908.

924: ,3 1 7. Patented June 8, 1909;

4 ATTORNEYS OLIVER OTIS CAREY, OF CONVERSE, INDIANA.

PAPERING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 16, 1908.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Serial No. 433,166.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER OTIs CAREY, a citizen of the United Statesand a resident of Converse, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana,have invented a new and Improved Papering Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to papering apparatus, and more particularly suchas combine means for smoothing the paper on the wall after it has beenhung, and further means for cutting the paper at the baseboard.

An object of this invention is to provide an apparatus simple inconstruction and inexpensive to manufacture, which may be used in paperhanging to smooth the paper in position, to cut thepaper off at thebaseboard, and to press out the edges.-

A further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of theclass described,

which consists of a brush having a roller.

mounted thereon used in combination with an adjustable member adapted tobe mounted at the base-board of a wall, and having a knife edge overwhich the wall paper extends, the roller of the brush and the knife edgeserving to act as a cutter for trimming the pap er.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, showing a strip of wallpaper being smoothed into position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing astrip of wall paper being trimmed at the base-board; Fig. 3 is anenlarged top view of the brush; Fig. 4 is an enlarged top view of thebody member showing a knife plate for cutting the paper; Fig. 5 is anenarged transverse section showing a strip of paper being trimmedagainst the knife plate; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line66 of Fig. 1, showing the body member positioned away from a base-boardand parallel thereto.

Before proceeding to a moredetailed description of my invention, itshould be under stood that I provide a papering apparatus comprising abrush for smoothing paper after it has been pasted upon the wall, andhaving a roller mounted on the back thereof. I further provide a bodymember adapted to be arranged at the base-board of a wall, and havingsuitable supports for holding it in position, which has a knife plate atthe upper edge thereof over which the loose end of the wall paper willextend. The roller which is mounted on the back of the brush is thenused to run along the edge of the knife plate outside of the paper, thuseffecting a cutting action for trimming the paper. The roller has twoportions of different diameters. Against the shoulder, which is formedat the juncture of these two sections of the roller, the knife edge incutting abuts. Further, the larger section of the roller may be used tosmooth down the edges of the wall paper between adjacent strips.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I provide a brush 1, of anycommon or preferred form, having a back 2 and bristles 3., Mounted onthe back of the brush, and preferably at an angle thereto, are brackets4, between the ends of which a roller 5 is pivotally located.- Thelatter is formed of two sections 6 and 7 respectively, the former beingof smaller diameter than the latter. A shoulder 8 is formed between thesections, the larger of which is preferably rounded. I further provide abody member 9, consisting preferably of a plate of metal or the like andhaving a lateral flange 10 at the upper edge thereof for engaging at thetop of the baseboard of a wall. Rigidly carried by the flange 10 bymeans of rivets 11, is a knife plate 12 having its outer edge 13sharpened and extending beyond the face of the body member 9. Slottedsupports 14 are slidably arranged on a common pin 15. The pin 15 has athreaded portion adapted to engage a correspondingl threaded recess 16in a handle 17, the atter when rotated serving to clamp the supports inany desired position. Links 18 pivotally connect the supports 14 to thebody member 9. Butterfly nuts 19 having their shanks 20 extendingthrough the body member 9, serve to position the latter away from abase-board parallel thereto, as shown in Fig. 6, and also to secure thelinks 18 in position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In apparatus of the class described, a body member, a knife platearranged upon said body member at the upper end thereof, and adjustablesupports for securing said body member in position.

2. In apparatus of the class described, a body member having a lateralflange at the upper edge thereof and adapted to be arranged at thebase-board of a wall, whereby said flange engages at the top of saidbaseboard, a knife plate rigidly secured to said lateral flange andhaving a cutting edge extending beyond the front of said body member,and adjustable supports for mounting said body member.

3. In apparatus of the class described, a body member adapted to bearranged at the base-board of a Wall and having a cutting edge, a pincarried by said body member, slotted supports adjacent, mounted uponsaid pin, and each having a link connection With said body member, andmeans upon said pin for clamping said supports in a plurality ofpositions.

4. In apparatus of the class described, a 15 support, a knife plate onthe support, and a roller having a portion 01' greater diameter forminga shoulder between such portion and the remainder of the roller forcooperating with the knife. 20

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence ol two subscribing Witnesses.

OLIVER OTIS CAR EX.

W'itnesses FRANK MonEN, M. E. RAUSMAN.

